Cultivator-beam support



S. NEWELL.

CULTWATOR BEAM SU?PORT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1915.

1,332,994. I Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

Q WHHII SamueINewe Z l V tion.

' "tures hereinafter described andclaimed.

' has'beenthe practice when disks are applied To-aZZ whom may I 1 ,Be it known that I, SAMUEL Nnwnnm; a citizen of the United States, residing at Eddyville; in the county" of Wapello and State'o'f Iowa, have invented new and use:v ful Improvements in Cultivator-Beam sup ports, of'which the followingisfa specifica- This invention relates to supports for cul tivator beams and consists in the novel fea- An object of the invention is to'provide a disk attachment for a cultivator beamand a wheel attachment for the same, said wheel attachment cooperating with the beam. in-

;a manner to regulate the depth at which the disk will operate in the soil. Heretofore it.

to. cultivator beams to, connect the beams together by what is generally known asa bedding bar. .4 Such a bar has beenfnecessary toequaliz'e or neutralize the strain from the disks to prevent side draft fortheidisks on the adjacent beams have their concaved sides disposed substantially in opposite directions and unlessthereis some connecting means between the beams, both of the beams. will tend to swing or move in inward directions as the disks operate in the soil.

{to cause the soil engaging elements to wor in the 'soil' and dodge or move 1n between the plantswhich are standing in an'u'neven The said bedding bar or its equivalent is objectionable for the reason that it prevents or limits the independent movement of the beams to which it is attached and'consequently the beams cannot be -moved readil row. 7 i a VVithfthe present invention each culti'-- vator beam may be moved independently of e the other and at the same time the arrangedraft notwithstanding the fact. that each 'beam carries a soil engagmgd1sk.- 45;

ment is such as to eliminate orprevent side 1 In the'accom'panying drawing I .Figure '1 is aside elevation of the cultivator beam with, the support'applied; Fig. 2 is a toppla'n view of thesame; a v Fig. 3" is a top plan viewshowing a modified form of en port appliedto the beam; Fig. 4 is a si e elevation of the form of, support shown in Fig. 3. V a V Y As illustrated in the accompanying drawing, the beam 1 is ofusual patternsuch as is generally employed upon a cultivator, andv may be pivotally connected with -the-frame i :o nmviAToE sBnAi/i SUPPORT.

' l Specificatitn 'of l' ettersPatent-i along the surface of the soil.

wheel 9 supports the rear portion of the beam land serves as means :for holding {the a beam against side movement.

EDDYVILLE, 10mm.- r

Thefbeam jl carries standards ,2.

o are carried by'jthe rear. standards. 2. f A

ards 2 and a bracef3.

f f nppli catipn m qgju'i 12. 1915; Serial;No..39,512. Y 9

-,.'ofthe cultivator in the usual mann b y Suitable fi gfi'mQansuKnot-sliown;*

Shovels: 6,0 disk ;3 is-journaled on .the. forward standisinterposed-betweenw theil ower' portion of the forward standards. 2' and the mtermedia'teportiongof thebeani:

'11 A frame 4: is attached to theside ofthe beam 1 by means'of bolts 5 and bolts 6, the

last mentioned bolts also serving-as means";

for holding the forward standard 2 in I sition'fupon the beam 1. The bolts 5 and 6 respectively pass through opposite sides of the frame 4.- and a wheel 7 is journale'd. be-

tween the rear portions of the sides of the fluently approximately half'of the wheel 7 is above the said beam and approximately ,half ofthe said wheel is belowthe said beam. 1 The wheel -7 'is adapted to travel upon the surface of. the soil and thelsoil engaging elements project below the ,lower frame 41:. The center of the wheel 7 'isin 7 horizontal alinement with the median longitudinal dimension of the beam 1" conseside of the wheel. Consequently as thebeam I 1 is moved over the soil the elements 3 and 3 enter the'same and'cultivate orfstir the soil whileithe wheel 7 travels along the sur-' facethereof and governs the depth at which the said soil engaging elements enter the same; When the frame 4 is applied to the beam 1 the usual vstirrups employed for moving the beam in and out to dodge standing plants may be used and the wheel 7 supports the rear portion of the beam 1 and" 7 also holds the beam-against side movement due to the side strain applied to thedisk 3 While operating in the soil.

In the'form of the invention as shown in Figs. 3 and l of the drawing, the bracket 8 is attached to the side of the rear portion ofthe'beam 1 and a wheel'i9 is eastered in i the said bracket. and is adapted to travel The said From the foregoing description'taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that a cultivator beam of} simple and durable structure I is provided and that the same may be used Wherebythe I beams may be readily swungiwith relation to each other. The form of beam and attach ment as shownin Figs. .1 and 2' is adapted? to be attached to the frame bf a cultivator having pivoted supporting Wheels and the beams are guided byturningtl e snppprting Wheels .on their ivots.

Having descri ed the inventipn What Iv 7 claim is r with the lower-portion of the standard and the side portion ofthe beam remote from aidsfiendard;otheiase engaging elements carried by the beam at points behind the standardandiimlongitudinal vertical planes parallel to that ofthe dislg'and-"a'wheel atteehedatertlle rear portionlof the .b emiand arranged totravelin a path between that 6f "the reai-m'dtsdil eiigaging element and that V.

of the outermost] brtiqn of the disk and n n p e a u pezft fi fliea erjP913 9 f .fl loa" 

